NATION Iation [he battalioi Now Forming Near Rudder THE BATTALION 11 Thursday, October2,2| VL rfaueri Rigoletto \ n/het RIGOLETTO, a court jester and star of our show. Silo explosion at Ohio lumber company kills two firefighte By James Hannah THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 'TT A H» Weet THE DUKE, admirer of Rigoletto’s daughter. NEW KNOXVILLE, Ohio — An explosion blew the top off a burning silo Wednesday, killing two firefighters who were trying to prevent the blast and injuring nine other people, authorities said. The explosion sent chunks of the 75-foot-high concrete struc ture flying into a cemetery 100 yards away. “It sounded like somebody had dropped a boulder or some thing on our home,’’ said Nancy Buscher, 51, who lives several houses away from the Hoge Lumber Co. New Knoxville Fire Chief Scott Schroer said firefighters had been trying to hose down the silo, which was filled with wood shavings and sawdust, for about two hours when the struc ture exploded about 9 a.m. The two firefighters who died were believed to have been on top of the silo or in an aerial bucket, Schroer said. Kenneth Jutte, a firefighter for 18 years, was pronounced dead less than an hour after the explosion. John Carman, a 10- year veteran, died two hours later at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima. Schroer did not know the conditions of the nine injured people, or how many were fire fighters or Hoge employees. A woman who answered the telephone at the lumber yard said no one was available to talk. “We’re keeping our lines open for emergencies,” she said before hanging up. Clark Froning, a co-owner of Hoge Lumber, would not com ment on what might have caused the blast. Hoge, a family-owned lum ber company, touts itself as the 75 mi. CANADA 75 km MICH. New Knoxville OHIO * Columbus Silo explosion at lumber company kills two firefighters SOURCES: ESRI: USGS; Associated Press world’s largest maker of woo bowling lanes. Wood chips and otliefl byproducts are fed into its gen erator, which supplies power laAiilissa English worked a the plant and to New Knoxville,- a village of about 900 people! about 50 miles north of Dayton. iws economic degree at telwpes of getting high Study: Roving animals less to thrive in captivity likely By Alicia Chang THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Animals that roam widely in the wild fare poorly when they are caged in zoos, accord ing to a new study that calls for an overhaul of the way such animals are kept. In captivity, nomadic animals like polar bears have a higher infant mortality rate and show more abnormal behavior than naturally sedentary animals do, according to British researchers who analyzed 40 years of scien tific data. The problem is so wide spread worldwide that most z^oos need to improve their confinement conditions by building larger, more complex exhibits for roving animals, said Georgia Mason, an Oxford University zoologist and the study’s lead author. Alternatively, zoos could phase out roaming animals. Zookeepers have long known that confining wide- ranging animals can disrupt their natural lifestyle. The study, published in Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature, was partly funded by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare and six British zoos including those in Bristol and Edinburgh. Zoos, particularly those in North America, have taken steps in the last few years to build more natural, spacious habitats, said Michael Hutchins, directory of conservation for the, American Zoo and Aquarium Association, who was not part oli, the study. >o Zoos now give animals/; variety in their enclosures such as borders for them to patrol and structures for them to climb, he said. 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The singing...well these opera voices are some of the best you’ll ever hear. Plus, it’s presented by MSC OPAS, the same organization that brought you RENT last year. MSC OPAS continues the Main Stage season by presenting an Italian-style tragedy on a grand scale with RIGOLETTO. To be performed by the distinguished Opera Verdi Europa, RIGOLETTO tells a touching story between a devoted father and a loving daughter. Only - their story turns tragic when she falls in love with the Duke and under the curse of a mysterious Count. RIGOLETTO Opera Verdi Europa A Company of 100 With a Live Symphony Orchestra Thursday, October 2 at 7:30 PM Rudder Auditorium TICKETS 845-1234 www.MSCOPAS.org buy tickets, be inspired MSC OPAS Three Decades of Performing Arts eni n entertain inip